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Payton Optimistic • Original • Intelligent
Payton Optimistic • Original • Intelligent
Optimistic • Original • Intelligent
PaytonOptimistic • Original • Intelligent
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This Variation Is Considered More Feminine Than "Peyton""".
Payton Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
30.07%
Male
69.93%
Female
Payton is predominantly a girls name, with 69.93% of Paytons being girls, and 30.07% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 24306 males named Payton, and 56527 females given the name
Popularity of Payton by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Payton in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Payton: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Payton' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Payton in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Payton's average ranking is 8421.36, with it's highest ever rank being #184. Payton has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 0 times, and has reached the top hundred names 2 times.
Payton has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 80833 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Payton gained the most popularity as a baby name in 2008, when it's usage went up by 160.85%. During this year, 3607 babies were named Payton, which was 0.0923% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.098%, in this year alone more than 4000 girls were named Payton.
Popular 'P' Names - Girls
| Name | 'P-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope | 1. | 85. | 6367 | 0.176% |
| Paisley | 2. | 129. | 4839 | 0.134% |
| Piper | 3. | 167. | 3926 | 0.109% |
| Peyton | 4. | 194. | 3482 | 0.096% |
| Paige | 5. | 344. | 2041 | 0.056% |
| Payton | 6. | 396. | 1793 | 0.05% |
| Presley | 7. | 437. | 1595 | 0.044% |
| Parker | 8. | 464. | 1470 | 0.041% |
| Paris | 9. | 577. | 1152 | 0.032% |
| Paislee | 10. | 586. | 1130 | 0.031% |
| Phoebe | 11. | 652. | 1021 | 0.028% |
| Phoenix | 12. | 870. | 719 | 0.02% |
| Priscilla | 13. | 930. | 666 | 0.018% |
| Pearl | 14. | 1099. | 546 | 0.015% |
| Penny | 15. | 1326. | 416 | 0.011% |
| Perla | 16. | 1341. | 407 | 0.011% |
| Patricia | 17. | 1411. | 380 | 0.011% |
| Poppy | 18. | 1416. | 379 | 0.01% |
| Princess | 19. | 1444. | 369 | 0.01% |
| Paulina | 20. | 1447. | 367 | 0.01% |